certificate of correction. 1. A document that corrects an error in an official document, such as a certificate of incorporation. 2. Patents. A document issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after a patentee or assignee rectifies a minor error unrelated to either questions of ownership or else defects in a patent application’s specifi-cations […]
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Index of Patents. An annual two-part publication of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, containing the year’s List of Patentees (Part I) and Index to Subjects of Inventions (Part II), arranged by class and subclass.
patent pooling. The cross-licensing of patents among patentees. • Patent pooling does not violate antitrust laws unless it is done to suppress competition or control an industry. [Cases: Monopolies 12(15).C.J.S. Monopolies §§ 129–135.]
Patents. A finding by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or by a court that a patent applicant or patentee has forfeited the right to broader protection by not seeking protection for some disclosed subject matter. • Any art outside the explicit claims, including foreseeable alteration of the claimed structure, is considered dedicated to the
antiquus et novus extentus (an-tI-kw[schwa]s et noh-v[schwa]s ek-sten-t[ schwa]s). [Law Latin] Scots law. Old and new extent. • The phrase appeared in reference to the valuation of land for tax purposes, with old valuations assessed in the year 1280, and new valuations assessed several times after that date. Cf. QUANTUM NUNC VALENT; QUANTUM VALUERUNT TEMPORE
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